An newly discovered asteroid will be captured by Earth's gravity this fall. The "mini-moon" will spend about two months in ...

( NewsNation) — Scientists say an asteroid known as the “God of Chaos” has a slightly increased chance of impacting the Earth in 2029, but only if a very unlikely series of events plays out.

Earth will be getting a second moon in the form of Asteroid 2024 PT5, which will start orbiting our planet later this month.

(CNN) — Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long.

LOS ANGELES — Earth is about to get a new neighbor in the form of an asteroid. But this one won’t be making an impact.

The Earth is about to get a second “mini moon” as an asteroid spends a stint in our orbit. Asteroid 2024 PT5 will come close ...

You can see the astroid, named 2024 PT5, for a short time before it heads on its way.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is keeping a close watch. Two giant asteroids, 2024 RY15 and 2024 RZ21, are set to fly by ...

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

SHAPIRO: Writing this month in the journal Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, scientists estimate the asteroid is 33 feet long - about the size of a bus. And sorry, backyard ...

Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.